Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,661
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,114
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	547
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	682
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	164
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	78
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	16
Registered Nurses (1990)	7,198
Registered Dieticians (1990)	262

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	81,888
Total beds (1999)	1,638
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	30
Inpatient days (1999)	429,567
Outpatient visits (1999)	1108620
Emergency Department visits (1999)	262,699

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	344,254
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	199,774
Other HMOs (1998)	3	144,480

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	841,334	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	632,883	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	85,062	10.1
Blacks (1999)	92,595	11.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,521	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	29,273	3.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	94,011	11.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	51,866
Avg median household income (1997)	56,872
Persons in poverty (1997)	67,095
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	34